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An adder on Yorkshire's big bike ridehttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/may/04/cycling-cyclingholidays-north-york-moors-etape-du-dales-adder
The <em>Guardian</em>'s head of travel <strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andypietrasik">Andy Pietrasik </a></strong>is riding in the 112-mile <em><a href="http://www.etapedudales.co.uk">Etape du Dales</a></em>, helping raise money for the <a href="http://www.daveraynerfund.com">Dave Rayner Fund</a>. He's been practising on the North York Moors - and meeting the wildlife<p>Kevin didn't say anything about snakes. He'd invited me up to York at the weekend to do some training rides across the moors ahead of our attempt on the <em><a href="http://www.etapedudales.co.uk">Etape du Dales</a></em> cycling sportive later this month, and he'd promised it would be a &quot;wild ride&quot; - literally, this being spring and all. We'd probably get to see some lapwings doing their crazy mating flyby, he'd said, maybe hear a curlew call, see a hare racing across a field, or catch a spooked grouse all of a flutter in the heather. But when I asked him about adders, prompted by the sight of winter-dried bracken lining the road as we cycled across the moors from <a href="http://www.ryedale.co.uk/ryedale/helmsley/helmsley.html">Helmsley</a> to <a href="http://http://www.docbrown.info/docspics/northern/norspage09.htm">Cockayne</a>, he said he'd never seen one in all his days in north Yorkshire.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/may/04/cycling-cyclingholidays-north-york-moors-etape-du-dales-adder">Continue reading...</a>CyclingCycling holidaysYorkshireTed HughesAnimalsAnimal behaviourCharitiesVoluntary sectorFri, 04 May 2012 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/may/04/cycling-cyclingholidays-north-york-moors-etape-du-dales-adderAndy PietrasikNot quick enough. The adder which tried to cross the road to Cockayne. Photograph courtesy Andy PietrasikAndy PietrasikAn adder on the road to Cockayne. Photograph: Andy PietrasikAndy Pietrasik2012-05-04T06:00:00ZHow pedal power is helping Uganda's mountain gorillas | David Hewitthttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2011/dec/14/pedal-power-mountain-gorillas-uganda
Bicycles are powering films that teach communities about the plight of the gorillas and their natural habitat<p>In late 2009, the <a href="http://www.gafi4apes.org/" title="">Great Apes Film Initiative</a> was struggling in its efforts to bring conservation education to communities located on the edge of the Mgahinga national park, Uganda. It was a victim of its own success, all too often turning people away from screenings due to overcrowding, with some children having to walk more than 20 miles back to their homes without seeing a single image of the mountain gorillas that live unseen alongside them.</p><p>What was needed, founder and director Madeleine Westwood saw, was an affordable, sustainable and eco-friendly way of bringing film to even the smallest of villages. The solution? The <a href="http://www.gafi4apes.org/news/pedal-powered-cinema/" title="">Pedal-Powered Cinema Project</a>.</p><p>&quot;So many of the children and their teachers have never seen a film before and to add to this novelty we also have a bicycle that generated the power to show the film. Some teachers shake their heads and declare a miracle. However, when we explain the science behind the system, they learn how to teach the children about physics and it's also an ideal situation for them to talk about conservation and sustainable development, both for their own community and for Uganda as a whole.&quot;<br /></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2011/dec/14/pedal-power-mountain-gorillas-uganda">Continue reading...</a>ConservationWildlifeEndangered speciesAnimalsUgandaAfricaWorld newsGlobal developmentWed, 14 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2011/dec/14/pedal-power-mountain-gorillas-ugandaGetty ImagesThe Pedal-Powered Cinema Project screens films that teach people about the plight of the gorillas and their natural habitat. Photograph: Getty ImagesGetty ImagesPositive pictures of Rwanda, such as the country's famous gorilla trails for tourists, are used to change its image. Photograph: Getty ImagesDavid Hewitt2011-12-14T07:00:00Z